Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-02-11-Speech-2-140"
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"Mr President, most of the previous speakers have sung the praises of this agreement, first and foremost the rapporteur. I would like to be able to add my voice to this almost unanimous choir, but I must admit to being perplexed.
The real question, the only one that deserves to be asked, is this: thanks to this agreement, will the people of this State be less poor, better educated and better cared for in the future? Will they be able to surf the Internet or travel if they wish to? I am not sure. There is one people, in any case, that shares my doubts, and that is the Mapuche people. First of all, the Chilean Government has not yet ratified International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on indigenous peoples. Many arbitrary acts of violence committed by the police against the indigenous communities go unpunished. Next, this agreement states that one of the principles on which it is based is sustainable development, while the Mapuche territory is experiencing blind exploitation of its natural resources: deforestation and construction of dams that flood the ancestral soil, as a result of national hydrological plans. Lastly, I am not convinced that the wholesale liberalism of the agreement allows for harmonious development of the economies of this State. Economic and monetary dependency might lead to the ‘Argentinisation’ of the country. Those are the risks and those are my doubts. I shall abstain from voting on this agreement."@en1
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